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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Motorcycles. Vietnam has a lot of them. So how do you set yourself apart from the crowd whilst cruising through the streets? How about trying to make your ride look like the Batpod? While it's not the ideal setup for a pod lookalike (note the non rotating front tire, the fact he's sitting up), it is a noble effort

"I must admit I went with my standards pretty high. As fans (some of
more hard core than others) we take with us certain expectations, even
without taking the Dark knight in to consideration, these expectations
are high. I’m going to have to say I wasn’t disappointed with this film
even with all my preconceptions..."

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

A very good article for all you Bat-fans out there. Some interesting tidbits and somethings we already new. Here are some hi-lights;

Michael Uslan — who, in 1971, convinced Indiana University to let him
teach the first ever college-accredited course on comic books — bought
the film rights for Batman in 1979. (By that time, Uslan had scored a
job at DC Comics.)

Jack Nicholson was always the first choice to play the Joker, though
others were considered, including Tim Curry, Willem Dafoe, David Bowie,
Robin Williams, and James Woods.

When Billy Dee Williams accepted the role of Harvey Dent in Batman,
it was so he could play Two-Face in a future film. But when Schumacher
took over the franchise, he had different plans. Tommy Lee Jones was
offered the role and took it in part because his son Austin, 11 at the
time, said Two-Face was his favorite character.

Schumacher's most controversial changes in Batman Forever was
adding nipples to the Batsuit, an idea he got from statues of Greek
gods. The nipples went over poorly with many Batfans. More important,
Jim Carrey says the nipples "pissed off Bob Kane,"

Two weeks after wrapping Batman & Robin, Schumacher began work on a sequel entitled Batman Triumphant. There was a writer, a villain (Scarecrow), and a mid-1999 release date.

Nolan shied away from using CGI whenever possible, even attempting to use real bats on the set. That lasted one day.

Heath Ledger directed both videos sent to the news network GCN by the
Joker. Nolan supervised the direction of the first and gave the actor
full autonomy to direct the second.

Hans Zimmer set out to create the Joker's signature sound without
retreading stock villain music. He started experimenting with razor
blades on piano wire and pencils tapping on the floor. Ultimately the
sound he settled on hinged on playing two conflicting notes on a cello
then adding in a guitar part played with a piece of metal.

I came, I saw, I was blown away!!
The Dark Knight Rises was truly the conclusion to the Nolan-verse Batman. Excellently told story, great action sequences, and I left the theatre wanting more, and more.

I liked it! Nolan, I think, likes to leave a lot up to the public to interpret. I think it was a fine ending to the trilogy. Was it the best outta the 3? Probally not, but certainly worth going to the theatre to see it!!! I'm going again this week.

Screen Rant has just reported that Mind’s Eye Entertainment, searching far and wide, have selected Arne Olsen to turn a fifteen page sample treatment into a full length feature screenplay for Canada’s answer to Captain America, Captain Canuck.
Yup, Arne Olsen – yes THAT Arne Olsen of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie fame – beat out numerous other test scripts to win full writing credits on a Captain Canuck film looking to start production within the next year and a half.

Speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises, I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community. I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me. Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families.

Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight Rises has reported an estimated midnight gross of $30.6 million in 3,700 locations, besting the $18 million reported by Marvel's The Avengers, the current opening weekend record holder, this past May.

Friday, 13 July 2012

From The Avengers to The Amazing Spider-Man to the eagerly awaited The Dark Knight Rises
— all of them based in New York (or, in the latter case, Gotham City, a
shadier version of the Big Apple) — comic franchises continue to
capture the imaginations, and the wallets, of movie-going audiences the
world over. Still, isn’t it about time we had our
own hero in tights fighting on the big screen for truth,
justice and the Canadian way?

As Goyer recalls, “I said, ‘If I did do it, this is what I would do,
and you can have my ideas for free.’ I talked for about an hour and spit-balled a large amount of what the film is, and Chris said, ‘Wow,
that sounds great.’ He went away again for a few more days, [then] I got
a call saying, ‘You have to do this.’” Goyer carved out the time to
write the first draft of the script.

When we reflect upon the history of superhero comics, we often talk
about seminal runs on a given title that become the must-read stories
for future generations of comic book readers. Frank Miller's Daredevil, Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' Batman,
Chris Claremont and John Byrne's X-Men, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, and
Walt Simonson's Thor are held in the highest regard of comic book fans,
often cited as the best of the best that superhero comics have to offer.

But what about the last ten years?

Not only did BATMAN (Grant Morrison) make it to #1, there is a definite Gothamatic tone to the list....

It’s unusual to see cosplay this good, and even more so when it’s not
just one or two characters but over half a dozen! Drawing from the DC
universe, these cosplayers took heroes like Batgirl and Robin and pitted
them against famous villains like Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. They even
staged some fantastic photos of everyone engaged in battle.